this so-called omnibus appropriations bill. we are supposed to pass 12 separate bills. bring them to the floor separately and conference with the senate separately. we were on track to do that. we got the earliest start in our history this year. and yet the senate refused to allow any of the bills we sent over to the brought to the floor. forcing us into this omnibus. next year i hope it's different. i hope the senate will bring these bills to their floor. so we can separate them into 12 different packages, conference them, debate therges amend them, and pass them in regular order. in the meantime, this is our only choice to keep the government open and that is to pass this omnibus appropriations bill. i want to thank all the members of my committee, all the chairmen of the subcommittees, all the ranking members on the other side, all of the staff on the subcommittee level who have worked time and again night after night on putting together this extremely large and complex appropriations bill and added to it several other authorizing pieces of legislation that were tack

this is a good bill. this is an amazing bill. go talk to your small business owners and go talk to the accountant at the ymca who puts together tax filings for people who care about the child tax permanent tax credit, things that have an amazing community, the low-income tax credit. section 179 is unbelievable and going to impact communities from coast to coast including in my district in ohio and farmers as well. this is going to provide amazing certainty. i have been so pleased to work on a number of my issues and this, ladies and gentlemen, is a wonderful bridge to comprehensive tax reform. thank you chairman brady. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from new york, mr. rangel. mr. rangel: i don't know how proud we can be as legislators to say at the end of the year, instead of legislating and having hearings, instead of that, we are proud of the fact that we are negotiating. and $180 billion of tax cuts, and yet we know when we get home no

president, these are many of the things in this bill, many will complain about how bill it is. it's not how big the bill is but it's how effective we are in helping america be able to be what america is: a land of opportunity and a land of growth and a land that knows how to protect its people and protect the world. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. corker: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. corker: mr. president, as we continue consideration of the omnibus, i rise today to applaud the inclusion of language i coauthored with senator mark warner that will ensure the fate of mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac. their fate will be determined by congress, and this language makes crystal clear that this body does not support efforts to return the failed model of private gains and public losses. as we wrap up our legislative business of 2015, i'm also here to remind my colleagues that there is much work to be done in the new year to finally address the last unfinished business of the 2008 financial crisis. prior to the crisis, mortgage gi

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the short term bill before that had expired. it's one short-term spending bill after another. many members of both parties say it's not the way to do business in the u.s. government will see if that can change. >> so republicans need democrats to vote for this omnibus spending bill. it sounds like democrats have some leverage. , they havee leverage always had leverage on spending bills. for republicans this is a tough vote. it's always been a tough vote especially in the last couple of years under this report with the majority which has a lot of hardline conservatives who don't want to increase spending at all. and this package will increase spending on domestic and defense spending. so they will need democrats on gives nancy pelosi, senator reid and the white house a lot more leverage. so they have been pushing pretty hard. interesting when you have the two tracks. sideax extender on one it's kind of like a balloon, if you push in one place, it bulges out somewhere else. it's kind of fascinating to watch both at the same time.

bill: how did she do?ald trump on damage control. >> america is upset. >> another day in the life of being a chaser. >> we report the news. when it comes down to it it's not just about the story.ttp://www.evertz.com>[a5d] ♪ >> it is fall in new jersey. it's time to go. every year in the fall they begin their migration south. he took me along this time. >> it has been passed by. >> she never did come back. you know. >> there are a lot of ways. >> on the hook. >> chunks. and you can also dig for them. >> as we come off, deeper water. >> if you want to bring one home that has to be about 28 in. fifteen to 20 pounds, and they can be as big as monsters. they muster sitting down at the bottom. not able to bring any back to the studio. bill: did you catch anything? >> she got the 1st one. >> within the 1st ten minutes she caught a nice striper. >> what do you think? >> all right. >> nice fish. >> right there. >> we should have. when out in the ocean. >> i have fished for stripers off the beach. and you are lucky

bills. then those bills come to the house floor. i think that is really what paul ryan wants to do as a news bigger. that would be quite in the compost made because that hasn't been that around here in decades. host: mike is in pennsylvania. he is a republican. caller: yes. mr. lahood, thank you for taking my call. guest: good morning. caller: good morning. i disagree with your characterization of tea party people. they do believe in government, they just believe in limited government. and i think our federal government has gone far field of what the founding fathers ever intended. my question is -- you can comment if you like -- but my question is the davis act. restrictse fact priorities and it keeps from hiring policies in our construction projects. and also, i think it keeps artificially high the price of public service construction jobs. feel about the davis-bacon act because i think it should be repealed. guest: i supported it when i was a member of congress. i think it does really hel

the bill ask not a tax bill. it funds the government for the remainder of the fiscal year from now until september 30th of next year. our fiscal year here in washington runs from october o 1st to the following september 30th. taxth extender bill relates to provisions in the tax code but it does not change rates in tax code. i believe thatha question need fund mengts tax reform in this country both at the individualnd level and at the business level. speak or of the house paul ryane certainly taking the lead in that area and kevin brady u new chairman is working on that issue. i would t luke to see tax reform next year working with this white house ife that's not possible certainly with the election of the president next november. >> democrat in maryland.ra caller: hi good morning to youll both. my question is regarding the fact that i've heard your guest and several of the colleagues h advocate for the repeal and replacement of obama kaying and ian was wounding if republican party has made head way on an alternat

that's in this bill. this bill also includes the full enforce act on the senate side, the promise act on the house side that, again, gives us additional tools to enforce elevated standards in the trade agreementses that we looked previously. it also establishes for the first time an interagency trade enforcement center to require great coordination from our agencies when it comes to the implementation and enforcement of trade provisions that matter. the leveling the playing field for our businesses, our workers, our farmers. with the help of my friend from oregon we were able to get included a trade enforcement trust fund so that resources are dedicated for the enforcement of trade agreements. i hear that a lot from our colleagues they are not so much concerned with what goes into the trade agreements, they are more concerned about the lack of follow up and enforcement of the trade agreements. again because the progress we made, the creation of this trust fund, there will be resources in the future that w

that's what this bill is all about. this establishes the strongest trade enforcement and remedy laws ever put on the books in the united states of america. it incorporates issues against currency manipulation, protections and remedies on a number of other areas within our economy that never before have been placed into effect and creates a working trust fund, a source of existing revenue to focus on enforcing those rules. it also streamlines the way we do trade in america. that's important as well because it's important for consumers, to lower prices, it's important to our local businesses to sell and compete both here in america and around the world. in fact, it's been more than a decade since we have re-authorized customs and that process. this is about modernizing it, making it more efficient, more effective, more accountable, all of which helps grow our economy and helps working-class families. . this fulfills the commitment of then chairman of the ways and means committee paul ryan and our leadership to our members

delaney's bill and my bill. i would wish our side would do that, too, by the way, because i think it offers us a reasonable way to get to reforming the social security system, most important single program probably that we have in the country. i am going to also disagree with my good friend on the oil export ban, not surprisingly. in my part of the world we are losing thousands of job. when americans can only sell to one place, when no other country in the world does that, this is something that should have never happened in the first place. should have gone 40 years ago. now, my friend mentioned mr. clinton and balancing the budget. that's an appropriate thing to do. he somehow left out the part that it was a republican congress working with president clinton. frankly president clinton never, ever submitted a balanced budget to the congress. congress reduced the spending and eventually we got lucky. we had a growth spirit. we had a piece dividend. a lot of things going on in the 1990's, baby boomers at the top

appropriations bill after december appropriations bill. i understand the committee's desire to get its work done each and every year. doesn't provide much certainty to anyone who serves our constituents when they don't get their october money until december. and that's december, if they're lucky. i am remiechbded of the -- remimed of the last cycle where we had a two-year bumting process where you had a top line number you could work with and you have moved your first appropriations bill out of committee in the last week of april. you moved it 4616-1 -- 416-1 and it went to the senate where it sat and did absolutely nothing. it was the v.a. bill and the v.a. didn't get its money until december 16 of 2014. you did everything you could to start the process earlier and get the work done, done here. at some point i'd not a process issue. it's an personalities issue. and if we can't count on one another to take our work seriously, then doesn't matter what rules we have for the process, the process won't get done. and i'm -- it is valuable as we

bill: too many. so his work has taken him all over the country command he is even gotten the fly of the rolling stones. >> it doesn't get any sweeter goodness. >> as rewarding as it is there's a lot of sacrifice involved. >> thanksgiving and christmas comeau we are usually spending those on the road. >> i live wherever that blimp is part that week. >> about how many weeks a year to you travel? >> i travel 11 months out of >> able to make it work. he actually traveled for the 1st 14 years they were married. >> travel around the country and change cities every week. we have made it work. >> required to fly a minimum of 30 hours. >> the gps also has xm satellite radio. >> we can listen the taylor swift together? >> absolutely. there we go. bill: go to an airplane, so much going on. just that one lover. >> buttons and levels of all sort. >> what is this do? >> what thing on one side? >> statue of liberty and the freedom tower, i was speechless. >> i have seen the whales. direction are going? gps? >> clos

you make -- bring most of the bills through the regular order. members work on bills in committees. they become invested in the bill, and then they want it to pass. divided government is not unusual. we have had it more often than not since world war ii, and i said the day after my own re-election down in louisville, what i wanted us to be was a responsible, right of center governing majority. one of my favorite former colleagues, phil gramm, used to say, never take a hostage you're not prepared to shoot. it seems to be a pretty obvious lesson from previous efforts to shut down the government or to default on the national debt, that's a hostage you're not going to shoot. so it's a hostage that isn't worth much. and so, i wanted to end those kind of rattling experiences that the american people don't like. it never produces a positive result anyway. so i took those off the table the day after the election, and we began to figure out how to get the senate working again. now, the evidence of the senate working again is things like the keystone pipeline, trade promotion authority, a rew

bill: c. bill: "high speed chase", start us off. >> baby jesus statue stolen from learned nativity sets. sacred heart. new york arlington. the archdiocese of new york. >> the thing that presidential candidate donald trump support, a couple and corona, california was driving on the freeway when they saw a sign that they had to take video of. inland empire supports donald trump. posted aa video on facebook and it has hundreds of bill: you are in jersey city chasing the story about an 18 -month-old little boy who is the victim of a stray bullet. >> ironically the show left egypt to escape violence and ended up in jersey city to keep the family safe. on saturday everything changed. the couple was going to run a few errands. 2:30 p.m. in broad daylight. >> the corner of bergen and harrison right across the street from the post office. that is where she was on her husband and children were in the car and the bullets started flying. >> rang out. his 18-month-old son18 -month-old son was bleeding heav

we know this bill will make a difference. as sarah said, the washington just 55nted out that people have been denied the right to buy a gun in 49 states since 1959. -- i metgun years ago who had escaped from a mental hospital. .e pulled out the old form 12 hours later, six people were dead and my friend is not over it today. don't tell me this bill won't make a difference. that is not true. [applause] bill clinton: but we all know there is more to be done. the crime bill not only adds 100,000 new police officers who, properly trained and deployed, will lower the crime rate by preventing crime, not just by catching criminals. adds a ban on several --ault weapons, long-overdue [applause] on handgun ownership and restriction on possession of , theuns by minors beginning of the reform of our federal firearm licensing system, and an effort to make our schools safer. this is a good beginning, and there will be more to be done after that. but i ask you to think about what this means and what we can all do to keep this going. we cann

it is not just what we caps off the bill. we were able to ensure legislation that create safe middle-class jobs. it lists 16 million families out of poverty and has 6 million of those as children. it allows children to get a $2500 tax break through a tax credit to help pay for college. it helps american families by help -- lowering health insurance premiums. extend tax breaks to wind, solar and geothermal. picture what this would do, 50 million cars taken off the highways and roads, that is what we did with this renewable energy legislation. it caps off a successful year for senate democrats, as my colleagues will detail, there are a number of victories that your thanks to a cooperative minority. friends boasts my about, my republican friends, we could have done them years ago, but they obstructed them. we are supposed to work together for the good of the country. wille that next congress get the appropriation bills done and help the middle class, raise minimum wage, do something to take care of the tremendous burden that peo

in any bill this bill -- big. but to highlight the way in which the taxpayer always loses when you end up with a giant total at the end of the session. i mean, an omnibus bill inherently is bad for the taxpayer. because it gives everybody in the world of politics a reason to vote for it or vote against it. whoever comes up at your town hall meeting or at the rotary club back home, you're able to say, i was for you, i was with you, because there's unlimited disguise in one's ability to be for or against the bill in a christmas tree sort of bill, with as many ornaments as this one has on it. $50 billion if broken out across the united states, that's about $400 of additional spending per family. and the question i think we each have to ask as taxpayer advocates is, is another $400 going to washington in line with what my taxpayers want or would they rather have that money at home to spend, indeed, on christmas presents under the tree or a host of other family needs? add to that the entitlement spending that will occu

here's bill cosby emerging now. >> again, bill cosby coming out of the courtroom.ks like it lasted 13 minutes beginning to end. >> mr. cosby, so many people want to hear from you, sir. what do you have to say, sir? >> did you drug that woman? >> mr. cod by any comment? >> no comment? >> mr. cosby? >> anything you want to say, mr. cosby? >> there was a thought there for a second. perhaps bill cosby might say something to the gaggle of reporters who have assembled outside that courthouse. that did not happen. we heard reporters asking him to explain himself. gloria allred is holding a news conference right now in los angeles. at last check represented roughly a half dozen of the women who have come forward when that news conference happens, there on the right side of the screen, we will -- looks like it's happening right now. let's listen in. >> i'm attorney gloria allred. i will have a brief statement and then happy to answer questions and provide you a copy of my statement in a few minutes. today bill cosby was charged in montgomery county pennsylvania with aggrava

base bills. and we were just told that there was language added to this bill to legitimize this is a conference committee report. in a conference committee, if something is in both base bills, it stays in both, it stays in the bill. it's not a process where the particular negotiators don't like what both houses decided, so they throw it out. and yet that is what has happened in this bill. as specifically to the stream buffer rule allowance, that is devastating to coal producing states, particularly my colleagues who have underground mines. although the rule has been expanded to also apply to surface mines. the devastation could actually affect the availability of electricity generated from coal nationwide. and since that is such a huge component of our base load in electricity, it could have dramatic effects in the ability of this country to provide electricity at a time when we're not ready to replace coal with wind and solar and natural gas and nuclear. so this is something that the coal compan

in the bill -- and the bill we have before us reflects that. american workers and american products can compete with anybody in the world, but when countries cheat, our manufacturers are significantly harmed. this bill helps end those unfair practices. i urge my colleagues to support the conference report and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: could you tell us again the time on both sides? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan has eight minutes remaining. the gentleman from texas has 11 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. levin: by the way, thank you, mr. chairman, for allowing the leader to go out of turn. let me reserve. you have a bit more time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: thank you, mr. levin. mr. speaker, proud to yield to minutes to the chairman of the judiciary committee, mr. goodlatte. the speaker pro te

bill cosby raped me.take 30 years for people to believe my story. >> joining me now, barbara bowman alleges she was raped by bill cosby. >> bowman also tells her story on cnn. >> i've been speaking out publicly and trying to have the story believed and heard since 2004. >> rape allegations. >> now the media are finally picking up the story. over at the smithsonian where bill and his wife camille are displaying their african american art collection, npr scott simon asks about the rape allegations. >> there have been serious allegations raised about you in recent days. you're shaking your head no. i'm in the news business, i have to ask the question. do you have any response to those charges? shaking your head no. >> the associated press also tries to get a response. >> i have to ask about your name coming up in the news recently regarding this comedian -- >> no, no, we don't answer that. >> cosby berates the reporter for even bringing up the subject. >> and i would appreciate it if it was scuttled. i think

castor did not charge bill cosby in 2005.ew da, this was an election issue, something he built campaign ads around. >> he ran on this. >> take a listen. we have the ad right here. >> for district attorney in montgomery county, kevin steele, first assistant d.a. with a 98% conviction rate and tough sentences for sexual predators. or bruce castor, a form did a. who refused to prosecute bill cosby, he said we don't charge people for making a mistake or doing something foolish. many more victims came forward, but castor didn't even try. bruce castor was not looking out for the victims. >> this was an ugly election. these two candidates threw tweets back and forth at each other about bill cosby. so maybe not a surprise to everybody that these charges were brought. >> what do we know, besides what was in the ad, what do we know about why castor did not bring charges in 2005? >> he says there was not enough evidence and he pushed for a civil trial to occur. that was one of the things that kevin steele took issue with. saying, why wo

bill: i'm bill hemmer.est fox polling shows cruz at 28% among likely iowa caucusgoers, ahead of donald trump at 26%, with within the margin of error. tomorrow night they have a prime time debate in las vegas. before that, there is under card where four candidates take part. chief correspondent carl cameron is live in las vegas already. the shake-up in iowa, how do you rate that significance right now? reporter: it is very, very important. we're now seven weeks away from the iowa caucuses and virtually every week has consequence for one of the major candidates. not only does the fox poll show ted cruz inched into the lead although within margin much error in iowa and. they had a literally 10 point bounce a 10-point lead for ted cruz in the first caucus state. worth remembering what caucuses are on republican side. record turnout would be 120,000 votes. not possible there could be few as 30,000 votes. mike huckabee has the high water mark. he won in 2008. des moines poll is resoundingly panned by donald trump

the bill, though, does include the text verbatim of the recently passed house bill, the visa waiver bill. which would close gaps in that program and add additional layers of protections against people we don't want here. for example, the bill denies that visa waiver travel to travelers who are nationals or even visited in the past five years iraq, syria, and other countries with significant terrorist activity in the judgment of the executive branch. >> mr. chairman, i would just point out that on the -- i also serve on the helsinski commission. we had a hearing in the middle of october and richard, who is a deputy assistant secretary of state for refugee resettlement told me in that hearing in the middle of october that there were 1,700 syrians that were already in this country that were in the process of being resettled. i asked her that day what -- i asked her about the vetting process and i was told it went through five different agencies. that worries me because the more agencies you involve the less accountability you have to any particular agency. i'm very troubled by the fact that

pace bills. we were just told that there as language added to this bill to ledge mize this as a conference -- to legitimize this as a conference committee record. if something is in both base bills, it stays in the bill. t is not a process where the particular negotiators don't like what both houses decided, so they thorough it outand yet that is what has happened in this big. as specifically to the stream buffer rule allowance, that is evastating to cole -- coal -producing states, particularly my colleagues who have underground mines, although the rule is extended to apry to surface mines it could affect the availability of electricity -- coal from cole nationwide. since that is such a huge component of our pace load in electricity, it could have dramatic effects in the ability of this country to provide electricity at a time when we are not ready to replace coal with wind, and solar, and natural gas and nuclear. so this is something that the coal companies and the coal producing states find ext

bill: he backed himself right up. >> 's feet are dangling and he will go. bill: that's mark? bit. is about 15. >> real responsibility. >> you going to hang onto him? bill: if i need to. >> the world-famous blue fund. he is not that fast. so because of his lack of speed they will stick his tongue out and hopefully scare everyone away. >> if you were paying attention the more than three seconds ago. bill: i'mundistracted trying to keep them from backing himself off the short depth. >> a crowd favorite. >> while. >> this is a burmese python. completely harmless. bill: what would you do that could hurt you? >> strangle you. >> so much muscles. bill: he is warm. >> where you are touching is where the pope comes out. >> that's the boot machine. >> so we are trapped. >> this is the coolest thing in the world. >> a 15-foot anaconda. ♪ >> everybody please wash your hands. >> we all no the song. ♪ >> and we all no the toys. but this year the toys on the market here throughout new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania. >> a big tradition. important to have a way to get and give it to someo

we have done bill after bill after bill on this floor. hire more heroes most recently. the only thing standing between you and putting our veterans back to work is federal regulation. we want to get federal regulation out of the way. we build on that again in this bill, mr. speaker. i don't know if you have truck driving schools in your district, but i can't find a truck driving school in my district that doesn't have job offers waiting today for folks who sign up today. great, mr. s so speaker, for folks to move goods to market but we have limitations on who is eligible to drive trucks. reasons. for good safety concern reasons we don't want folks 19, 20 years of age to be driving these heavy trucks. mr. speaker, we have returning from afghanistan, returning from iraq folks who have been trained by the finest training facility in all the world, the united states military, folks who have been trained in the skills required, the safety skills required to move heavy equipment from one place to another. those men and women are returning from serving us, looking for work, if

this bill, mr. president, is one of the -- of the great examples, a poster child, if you will, of how congress should be working around here. it's hard work but it requires compromise, it requires an open amendment process in committee, which we absolutely had. we had days and days of process on the committee. and then here on the floor but also within the conference committee. we had a real, live, old-fashioned conference committee and it was an absolute pleasure to be part of a process where you could go in with your colleagues from the house on the other side of the table, going back and forth and further perfecting a bill. in just a few days, mr. president, the baton now on education reform will be handed off to the people of our states and i look forward to this. i'm encouraging folks back home, get involved, be aware, know what's going on. it will be a responsibility that every one of our constituents must take seriously. no matter what role they play in a student's life, what happens next in

one of those bills, i will submit, was the waxman-markey bill. the cap and trade scheme that was drawn up, drawn up in the energy and commerce committee where i'm a member. i sat through the debate on it. i remember it very well. that bill was brought to this floor, that bill was forced through this house in june of 2009. right before members went home for the fourth of july weekend. a lot of people will look at the affordable care act and say, that's the reason why congress changed from a majority democrat institution to a majority republican institution, because of the passage of the affordable care act. mr. speaker, i will submit that it was actually that activity in june of 2009 that caused people to look at what was going on in their congress and look at that bill that was drafted in the energy and commerce committee by chairman waxman and chairman markey, look at that bill and say, no. not for us. we are not going along with this. this is not a direction we want you to take this country. you know, we still function under that quaint notion

bill: is it art or medicine? >> it is both. bill: great.e not going to build a new van gogh. >> it could die at any moment. that is the fear factor. >> jurassic park. >> now is the possibility. >> yes. ♪ >> how far away? >> a long illness, unemployment, death of a loved one. i tell you the stories of people living at the hotel vincenzo himself brunswick along rue one or as i call it the motel of broken dreams. not much to look at from the outside. nestled a little ways back from a busy highway. raising her three young kids out of one room in this motel. that was endowed with the paperwork mixup. >> vanessa was living in georgia and recently came back to new jersey when a variety of medical problems left her. >> like 60 years. >> just on the breezeway. the welcome mat. her stay is only temporary. >> i cannot pay anymore. i have a hard time asking for help. >> a widowa widow who lost her husband. was not able to go into the social service program for now it's going to be even harder. her granddaughter has been sustaining her. >> you can't thi

bill: see you on sunday, chris. >> you bet, bill. bill: exclusive interview with dr. ben carson.sues on the table for dr. ben carson. chris has great panel. sunday. check local listings for your the times. martha: we have big development in the california story. reporters are reporting right now. tashfeen malik, the wife of farook, pledged allegiance to isis online. this according to reuters and they are citing a u.s. government source saying that the california shooter, tashfeen malik, pledged allegiance to the islamic state. that story is developing. we're working to confirm it. we'll get those details to you as soon as they come in. this would be, if this turns out to be the case, the first direct link to isis from this attack and that would be obviously a very significant development for those who are still fishing around for a link to terrorism in this case. bill: also on this point now, remember on wednesday afternoon, when the story was breaking and the president was doing an interview with cbs news, and norah o'donnell asked him about this, and immediately many people gon

i am martha maccallum. >> bill: and i am bill hemmer.he fbi director saying the couple declared they were carrying out the attack on behalf of isis. the concern now is if the terrorist group brought them together so malik could get into the country with ease. >> is there any evidence this marriage was arranged? >> i don't know the answer. >> do you agree if it was a' arran arranged by a terrorist organization that would be a big deal? >> it would be important to know. >> using the fiance visa system to get into the country. >> south carolina senator and presidential candidate lindsey graham joins us live. good to have you with us. >> good morning. >> martha: when you pursued that line of questions did you have a gut feeling about it? >> i have been to iraq and afghanistan 36 times in the last decade. i understand your friends very well. they want american help to destroy radical islam because it is destroying their religion and way of life. but i understand our enemies as well. i never believed these two people met on the internet. she c

bill. it looks like they've got a deal. they did put something on the record for lawmakers to record last night, and a vote could come thursday or friday. politico reporting that the speaker of the house unveiled the budget deal to his rank-and-file republicans last night at 9:00 went through some of the details, and they will meet again this morning at 9:00 a.m. this is from politico's reporting, that in closed door meeting with fellow republicans, ryan touted a pause in obamacare cadillac tax, the listing of a long-standing oil export ban, and preservation of several other policy preferences in this year-end deal, which includes several hundred billion in tax breaks. the bills will get a vote later this week. the spending bill will likely be carried by democrats, who consider it a major victory, and the tax bill will get more votes. two pieces represent the last order of business for the house this year. we're going to talk about that coming up here with two lawmakers on the "washington j

when i say "the bill," it's really two bills. it extends important tax policies for american businesses and families. this was not an easy process. members worked weeks to craft in agreement. mr. president, i mentioned yesterday and i say again today, i appreciate the cooperation, the expertise, and all the good work done by speaker ryan, leader pelosi, senator mcconnell and their staffs. i underscore and underline what my chief of staff, drew willison did. this is a good compromise. mr. president, the presiding officer not being a lon longtime member of congress, knows that no legislation is perfect. this is good legislation. this is truly the art of compromise. and when we say "compromise," it doesn't mean anyone is doing away with any of the principles. what it simply means is people can't be bullhead and have to be reasonable in what they're doing to accomplish their goals. in spite of republican majorities in the senate and house, we democrats were able to ensure that this legislation creates and saves middle-class jobs, pro

i introduced the bill. this will provide the oversight needed to gain a clearer picture of the global research and development. over the years, research and development projects have greatly expanded at the usaid. searching for advancements in preventable maternal and childhood deaths. this legislation is an effort to keep up with the scope of usaid's expanded efforts and ensure their activities reflect the goals and priorities. this report asked them to provide clarity on their goals for -- to better understand their work. h.r. 2241 directs the administrator to report annually to congress on the development and use of global health innovations and programs, projects and activities. the report must also include how the agency measures progress. investment and developments towards the health-related goals. i urge my colleagues to vote in support of h.r. 2241 to allow congress to exercise its oversight powers and ensure research and development efforts reflect their priorities. and i reserve. the speaker pro

appropriations bills. weighing priorities and funding levels carefully to prevent waste and promote an effective federal government. the bill targets funding toward our national security, protecting against cuts that would damage our military readiness and securing our homeland by strengthening our borders and prioritizing law enforcement. the legislation also focuses funding on our veterans, providing nearly a 10% increase for the department of veterans affairs while addressing v.a.'s problems with construction mismanagement and disability claims backlog and shores up other critical priorities such as the national institutes of health and the center for disease control, agricultural research and infrastructure. the legislation also includes many policy items that will help rein bureaucratic overreach, protecting the rights of americans and encouraging economic growth. the legislation blocks administration's proposals to impose new fees on ranchers, air passengers and the oil and gas industries. and the le

i oppose this bill. we don't have the final score, i don't think, but it will add $600 billion to the deficit. tax extenders are temporary for a good reason. to address their impact on the deficit and also to take them up in the context of overall tax reform. and this bill does just the opposite. it essentially says there's a free lunch. it's the opposite of what was done by the previous chairman david camp who looked at all these provisions, made some of them permanent and others not and paid for them. plus the fact the bill isn't balanced. businesses receive about 60% of these cuts. let me say a few words of the impact of proceeding this way essentially affecting the budget baseline and making these permanent unlike the temporary. if you make them temporary you have to pay for them. in terms of the baseline. this just folds it into them. it will have a major impact on discretionary spending in the years ahead. that's the consequence of adding $600 billion to the deficit. nondiscretionary, nondefense ap

but when you look at the bill as a spending bill, when you look at the bill as a bill that's supposed to do what this bill does, which is decide how to spend the country's money, there is a significan significantre-prioritization here. one of the things that i've seen even more than in recent years that used to be the case is when so many of our friends in the house and the senate -- maybe even more so in the senate -- talk about how important it is to real estate fund our priorities, what they're really saying is it's important to fund anything that any of us are for. that's not the way you set priorities. the way you set priorities is decide what's important for the government to do, decide what the government can do that people can't better do for themselves or maybe couldn't possibly do for themselves and then set those priorities. in that case, i think this bill makes significant steps in the right direction. dramatic changes in areas that have been a problem for several years now, at least the last five or six years -- in the case i'm going to talk about first, the last dozen ye

bill: she doesn't need the week. not hiding from anything. >> when she took it off she said it's great. bill: thanks. >> say hi everybody. >> come back chris christie made it back. gop presidential debate. fox business news debate, risen in the polls qualify him for the main stage. the debate way 8:30 p.m. moderated by. >> the pleasure of being invited. a special little guy with me pinnacle vodka presents the naughty list hot chocolate. ♪ unwrap something delightful with pinnacle vodka. the only vodka with over 40 playful flavors. ♪ bill: my daughter elizabeth back from london, picked her up on saturday. happy to have her back. i'm sitting waiting for her to come out. there's a bag right there. somebody reported the bag unattended. two minutes later one of the employees came over. and then about 20 minutes later a cop can. ♪ >> written in 1985 and made into a blockbuster movie. i had the pleasure of being invited by our good friend of the delaware river to go to phillipsburg and experience their version of the polar

so that means because of the way the bills were filed we will be considering the tax bill on thursday and the omnibus on friday. >> you think you will be able to pass that? the speaker: friday is friday. reporter: ultimately there is nothing on syrian refugees. will congress finish its work and leave? the speaker: the majority leader of the senate has given us a commitment they will address this issue early in 2016. the bill we sent over there, we have a commitment from the senate they will bring it up and they will have a full debate on refugees. that's the way regular order works by the way. you pass the bill from the house and bring one up in the senate and the senate has committed to , bring it up and address it in regular order. reporter: there are a number of bipartisan things you guys were asking for the syrian refugees , included, things that haven't received democratic support. did you feel like that you did not get enough in these negotiations? was it a leverage problem or what? the speaker: we played our cards the best we could, given the situation we inherited and i'm very

bill. they really gave up the store. pillsre called poison because they have a toxic effect, not only on the on thetion, not only votes they could get, but what they wanted to do. they want to dismantle public .ealth, the clean power plan i have my own this is a big win for america's working families, i am very proud of the -- for members once they saw what was really -- was -- in then the mail bill. as leader pelosi has said, it was a win for the american people. perfect, it was not, i said we do not pass perfect bills, we passed bills that reached true compromise through the democratic process. this was a big victory in my opinion as i said the american people, and i want to congratulate loc and ranking member ali, we both worked -- i know i was on the phone with them a lot so i know that they were working around the clock to receive objective -- to reach the objective. was catholic and government open, but more importantly, it will increase investments in two important to mystic prioriti

ten years ago in 2005, we had the last bill of this nature. it was a bill that we passed.he author of the thing and i was very proud. that was ten years ago. that's the last time we did a bill like this. i remember standing here, as i'm standing heerk the chairman of that committee and wanting to talk about with a a great bill that was, transportation reauthorization bill, and all yoeverall ofa sudden, the alarm. everybody ran, evacuate, evacuate. i talked for about 15 minutes. it is very eerie when you're standing here, the only one in the united states capitol making a speech with the tv going but no other people around. i started going down and saw a great big guy walking down the steps. i went up to ted kennedy, ted, you better get out of here. this place is going to blow up. he said, well, these old legs don't work like they used to. i put my arm around his waist. some guy down there had a cam rasm the front page of that -- the cover of that magazine said, "who says that conservatives are not compassionate?" now, with that -- that's my story. so we'll go on to senator

bill: get out there with them? >> yeah. >> while. bill: anybody offended?> why should we be offended? bill: i'm asking. everyone is offended. someone has got to be offended that there is some adjustment made to the original nutcracker. >> i asked her what do you think tchaikovsky would think about the way you interpreted his music. >> what do you think you would say? >> and it might be easier to convince her kids. >> well. >> grab your camera and your binoculars. a new celebrity in brooklyn. bill: you are chasing a story about a woman and her mother who face eviction and potentially be homeless because of what may amount to a bureaucratic snafu. >> the 1st part of the story on thursday. since then something's happened. contemporary disability. there is little other good news for and her mother who are facing eviction along with there three dogs because from months disability is not been coming in on time. i went to see if i could talk. >> unfortunately i'm not at liberty to say anything. they will be calling you within the next 48 hours. >> you can't say an

bill/kathy: that's right. in bill's wallet, which is so gone... 46:15 bill (emotional): i always had a picture of my wife and myself on our wedding day... in the backseat of the limo. all of it taken, they say, by private, for-profit guardian april parks, who came into the couple's life in the fall of 2013. 26:46 bill: we were vulnerable at the time. bill is legally blind, but mentally all there. multiple health problems put him in the hospital and then rehab, leaving kathy alone at home with early signs of dementia. health care workers called parks, who had kathy declared incompetent by a doctor from the caremore care center--a place parss uses frequently for her guardianship cases. all it takes is a two-page form, a few check marks in some boxes and a signature. shortly thereafter, bill was doctor, but a physician's assistant named john reyes--the same guy parks used in rennie north's case. when parks took kathy out of the couple's house and put her in a group home, bill says she wouldn't tell him where his